The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has released its list of targeted congressional races for 2008 and there are six in Illinois:
- IL-6: Incumbent Peter Roskam is one of the DCCC's "Targeted Republicans"
- IL-8: Incumbent Melissa Bean is one of the DCCC's "Frontline Democrats"
- IL-10: Incumbent Mark Kirk is a "Targeted Republican." Meanwhile, challenger Dan Seals is part of the DCCC's "Red to Blue" program.
- IL-11: Democratic candidate and State Sen. Debbie Halvorson is also on the "Red to Blue" list.
- IL-14: Bill Foster, who is filling out the rest of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's term after winning a March 8 special election, is one of the DCCC's "Frontline Democrats"
- IL-18: The DCCC describes this as a "competitive open seat" (current Rep. Ray Lahood is retiring). The Democratic candidate is Colleen Callahan.
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